Mario and the hole in the sky : how a chemist saved our planet

The Resource Mario and the hole in the sky : how a chemist saved our planet
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Mario and the hole in the sky : how a chemist saved our planet
Title remainder
how a chemist saved our planet
Statement of responsibility
Elizabeth Rusch ; illustrated by Teresa Martinez
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Language
eng
Summary
How did a boy from Mexico City become a Nobel Prize-winning chemist who saved our planet? Eight-year-old Mario wanted to learn all he could about chemistry. he examined everything - from rotten lettuce to toothpaste - under a microscope. As an adult, Mario continued studying chemistry - and discovered something scary. CFCs, used in millions of refrigerators and spray cans, were destroying the earth's protective ozone layer. Withough ozone, deadly solar radiation would bombard our planet. Mario had to warn the world - and quickly. This is the true story of Mario Molina, the Mexican American chemist who brought the world back from the brink of environmental catastrophe. His inspiring story offers hope in the face of today's battle against global warming. --
Assigning source
From dust jacket
Cataloging source
NJQ/DLC
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • 730L
  • Sentence length: 2 (easy)
  • Word frequency: 1 (very easy)
Intended audience source
  • Lexile
  • Lexile
Interest level
LG
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
5.4
Study program name
Accelerated reader
Target audience
juvenile

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